Category Archives: workshops

MARCH ONLINE WORKSHOPS All March Online Workshops have openings and they are starting now. Even if a workshop started yesterday, you can still jump in, no problem. Each workshop is six weeks long and takes about 3-4 hours per week to do. Great … Continue reading →

Lecture #25 Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly How to understand the value of reviews, how to go after them, when to go after them, and when to ignore them. Plus how they can really hurt your writing … Continue reading →

Year 2, Month 7, Day 9 of this Writing in Public challenge. I have internet service back here in my office, finally. Kris and I knew it was stupidity that caused this problem, and thank heavens for hotspots off of … Continue reading →

Year 2, Month 6, Day 20 of this Writing in Public challenge. Got back to writing just fine tonight. I didn’t do a lot, but got a new novel started. Rolled out around noon today, early than I should have, … Continue reading →

New Online Workshop: Discoverability Discoverability: An online workshop to help your books get found. In other words, this is the workshop you need to take when you are all done writing and your book is either coming out indie or … Continue reading →

Kris and I have been working on a new workshop for some time now, wanting to bring the list of workshops up to a list of workshops that every writer can find help in one place or another. We have … Continue reading →

Year 2, Month 2, Day 29 of this Writing in Public challenge. Day off of writing the novel The Edwards Mansion: A Thunder Mountain Novel. A fun day. And honestly, I never expected to get any writing done today. Rolled out around … Continue reading →

Since we are giving special Fiction River volumes with all sign-ups for October workshops, and people are starting to sign up, I figured it was time to do a full post on the October workshops, including their blurbs and promotional covers. … Continue reading →

Kris and I are two of the most prolific long-term writers working today. And we have done that year-after-year for thirty years. Well, finally we decided to tackle the one area we have been avoiding in teaching. Productivity. That’s right, … Continue reading →

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Online Workshop Schedule

These are the starting dates of upcoming online workshops. Limited to twelve writers. All have openings unless I say closed below. For sign-up and more information about each workshop, click the Online Workshop tab at the top of the page.